WEBVTT ROB: WELL, YOU KNOW, THEY SAY DOGS ARE MAN'S BEST FRIEND. MURPHY IS PROOF THE SAME HOLDS TRUE FOR KIDS. BRANDI: HE'S A THERAPY DOG AT OMAHA'S FONTENELLE ELEMENTARY. AND IF YOU ASK THE PRINCIPAL, THIS PUP SHOWS WHY THERE SHOULD BE A MURPHY AT EVERY SCHOOL IN AMERICA. A FOUR-LEGGED HALL MONITOR ON A MISSION. ERIC: THIS IS MURPHY. HE'S OUR THERAPY DOG. BRANDI: TEACHER TERESA PENSICK ADOPTED MURPHY FOR FONTENELLE ELEMENTARY TO CONNECT WITH STUDENTS, WHEN SOMETIMES PEOPLE CAN'T. TERESA: HE CHEERS PEOPLE UP, MAKES THEM FEEL GOOD. CALMS CHILDREN DOWN. IT'S BEEN A GOOD BEHAVIOR REWARD FOR A LOT OF KIDS TO EARN TIME WITH MURPHY. ERIC: WE HAVE A LOT OF KIDS THAT HAVE SOME THINGS HAPPEN AT HOME THAT THEY BRING TO SCHOOL, AND ONE OF THE BEST THINGS IS TO BE SAFE AND SUPPORTIVE AT SCHOOL. MURPHY, COME OVER HERE. BRANDI: MURPHY ALSO LOVES STORIES. KIDS WORK ON THEIR READING SKILLS BY READING TO MURPHY. TERESA: CAN JUST WALK WITH HIM, AND HAVE HIM IN THE ROOM. HE SITS BY THEIR DESKS. HE LIKES TO JUST SIT BY THEIR FEET, AND THEY CAN KEEP WORKING. THEY CONSIDER HIM A FRIEND, I THINK. OR THEIR OWN PET. BRANDI: AND TO MURPHY, IT'S ALL IN A DAY'S WORK. I LOVE MURPHY. GET THIS, HE WAS ACTUALLY TRAINED AT THE NEBRASKA STATE PENITENTIARY, HELPING INMATES. NOW, WHEN HE'S NOT WORKING AT SCHOOL, HE STAYS AT HOME WITH